an.4.17 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Wrong Courses (1)

“Bhikkhus, there are these four ways of taking a wrong course. What four? One takes a wrong course because of desire, because of hatred, because of delusion, or because of fear. These are the four ways of taking a wrong course.”

If through desire, hate, fear, or delusion
one transgresses against the Dhamma,
one’s fame diminishes like the moon
in the dark fortnight.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Prejudice (1st)

“Mendicants, there are these four ways of making prejudiced decisions.
What four?
Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
These are the four ways of making prejudiced decisions.
If you act against the teaching
out of favoritism, hostility, cowardice, or stupidity,
your fame fades away,
like the moon in the waning fortnight.”